Sophie Henck

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Sophie Ernestine Henck (born April 3, 1822 in Copenhagen , † February 8, 1893 in Sorø on Zealand ) was a Danish flower still life painter .

Life

She was born in Copenhagen in 1822 as the daughter of the doctor and professor Carl Ludwig Friedrich Henck and his wife Marie Jorgensen. The well-known flower painter IL Jensen taught her to paint still life flowers. She then took lessons from OD Ottesen, who inspired her and under whose guidance she copied paintings by the old masters , including a flower picture by the Dutch artist Jan van Huysum . Dutch flower painting of the 17th century continued to influence the artistic work of Sophie Henck, who remained unmarried and continued to live with her parents.

In the revolutionary year of 1848 she made her first trip abroad to Dresden , which was followed by a stay in Paris from 1857 to 1858 , where there were art schools for women. In both cities she continued to copy old masters in the local painting galleries . In 1858 she had the opportunity to exhibit her flower still lifes for the first time. From 1867 to 1870 she took part in the exhibitions of the Royal Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen 's Charlottenborg Palace . She gave the later feminist Danish writer Axelline Lund private painting and drawing lessons, on the basis of which she was able to provide for her own living as a porcelain painter .

After her mother's death in 1871, Sophie Henck moved to a monastery for unmarried women near Sorø on the island of Zealand, where she died in 1893.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ed .: Henck, Sophie. In: rosekamp.dk/Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Erik Rosekamp, accessed October 16, 2017 (Danish).
  2. ^ J [acob] H [elbo] J [ensen]: Sophie Henck . In: Alexander Bastek, Jacob Helbo Jensen (ed.): Møder. Dansk og tysk malerkunst 1860–1960. Encounters. German and Danish painting 1860–1960 . Publication til udstilling på Fuglsang Kunstmuseum 10.06. – 04.09.2016, Mueseum Behnhaus Drägerhaus Lübeck 23.09. – 31.12.2016. Catalog for the exhibition in Fuglsang […] Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2016, 53.
  3. ↑ a b M [ette] T [light]: Ernestine Sophie Henck. (PDF) In: loebdanishartcollection.com. January 2005, accessed October 16, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Tinne Vammen: Axelline Lund (1836-1918). In: kvinfo.dk. Retrieved October 16, 2017 (Danish).
personal data
SURNAME Henck, Sophie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henck, Sophie Ernestine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish flower still life painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1893
Place of death Sorø on Zealand